Getting shocked while hands in tank...

[Crit21]

I wonder what kind of stress your livestock is experiencing, though you may have found a way to kill all the ich in your tank!

 

[broncomike]

Get a grounding probe anyway! Won't help you, but you should have one anyway. HA!

 

[djian]

I guess I'll buy a new pump.

Do any of you think the shocking pump can be used externally?

 

[CastleRock]

Eh it may be able to...
personally I would not trust it at all

 

[djian]

Its a tough one, but I dont want to lose it at the same time.

 

[tkeracer619]

it is a fire hazard

 

[djian]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8269648#post8269648 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tkeracer619
it is a fire hazard

Damn it, thats not what I want to hear!

 

[tkeracer619]

The gfci or breaker would most likely trip before it caused a fire but....... why risk it. Instead of burning your house down it would leave the tank without power when you are at work or vacation.

I forget the physics law that required fish pumps and heaters to mess up while you are away, but I know it exists.

 

[djian]

So, after a $100 new pump I find out its not the pump at all. Its my top off system. When the system turns on its shocking the tank and off it doesnt. Some of you know that my top off is all DIY. So now I get to take it all appart and find any flaws in the design. Weekend project I guess.

 

[tkeracer619]

Ouch that sucks. Atleast you found the problem. Didn't you test with a digital multimeter?

 

[djian]

No, just keeping my hand in the tank and turning it off and on. Really shocks the hell out of hang nails. Man that hurts!!!

 

[Crit21]

That's why I said to test everything first.

 

[djian]

too bad you werent there would have saved me some $$

 

[Crit21]

Keep in mind just how many wires lead to your tank--the heater, power heads, pump for skimmer, etc. Any one of them can be the source of the current. I'd have only one plugged in at a time until you find the cause. Make sure to test them all though.The multimeter test will help you determine whether it's really the pump though. Start at the max AC range, then adjust to lower ranges until the digital reading or analog needle starts to give a significant reading. The red probe will be in the water, and the black to a good ground.

Well, I tried.

 

[tkeracer619]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8263619#post8263619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tkeracer619
I'm surprised no-one recomended putting your hands in there and unpluging things one by one. That reply always gets my lit up :lol: BTW: that would be the most wrong thing to do.

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